States Urge High Court To Review Legislative History In Case On Abortion Drugs

(November 15, 2023, 2:31 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of states led by Mississippi filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the conditional cross-petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a group of anti-abortion advocates, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of mifepristone, but the FDA and the manufacturer of the drug argue that the petition fails to meet the high court’s traditional certiorari standards and should be denied....